Mapping environmental radioactivity from field gamma-ray spectrometry is a valuable tool for understanding and interpreting pedological control of naturally occurring radioactivity. Soil properties and water content affect the behaviour of natural radioactivity. The main aim of the study were to explore and map the activity of three naturally occurring radionuclides (Th, U, K) in an olive orcha...

Six varieties of mangoes (Amelia, Brooks, Kent, Keitt, Lippens, Springfield)harvested from different pedological areas of the western region of Burkina Faso (Bobo-Dioulasso, Orodara, Banfora) were analyzed by high performance liquid chromatography in order to determine the β-carotene content. The study revealed a variability in β-carotene content between different varieties and regions. The Ame...

The onset of industrialization entailed the increase in soil artificialization worldwide. Soils from artificialized zones (SAZ) are result urban, industrial, traffic, mining or recreational land use. Knowledge their characteristics is a prerequisite for evaluating ability SAZ to perform key functions and provide ecosystem services. Based on selection 102 papers published between 1991 2017, this...

In the Senegal valley, it is commonly considered that the Acid Sulfate Soils of the delta are fossil soils overlain by more recent sediments, and that the Vertisols, which abruptly overlie a thick sandy horizon, result from a change in the sedimentation mode of the river. However, we show that both soils belong to the same pedological system extending from the delta to the limit of the last mar...

Abstract Implementation of hydrologic modifications within the southeastern coastal Everglades over last century have impacted ecological functioning system. This study characterized and investigated effects through C‐111 canal system on soil physicochemical properties marsh tree island community types Everglades. Marshes basin larger exhibited lower nutrient contents than islands, which were b...